Holt Elements of Literature Fifth Course To view some of the following documents, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. This computer program comes installed on most computers. If you do not have Acrobat Reader, you can download it for free from the Adobe web site. Collection 1 Native American Literature
(The Sun Still Rises in the Same Sky, The Sky Tree, The Earth Only, from The House Made of Dawn, Coyote Finishes His Work)
Recuardo, by Edna St. Vincent MillayThe Jilting of Granny Weatherall, by Katherine Anne Porter (p. 1-6) (p. 7-12)A Rose For Emily, by William Faulkner (p. 1-6) (p. 7-12)
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Collection 1 Native American Literature
- (The Sun Still Rises in the Same Sky, The Sky Tree, The Earth Only, from The House Made of Dawn, Coyote Finishes His Work)
from Of Plymouth Plantation, by William Bradford (p. 1-5) (p. 6-7)from A Narrative of Captivity, by Mary Rowlandson
from The History of the Dividing Line, by William Byrd
from The Interesting Narrative of Olaudah Equiano by Olaudah Equiano (p. 1-5) (p. 6-9)
Collection 2
Here Follow Some Verses Upon the Burning of Our House, July 10, 1666, by Anne Bradstreet
Huswifery, by Edward Taylor
from Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, by Jonathan Edwards
from The Autobiography, by Benjamin Franklin (p. 1-5) (p. 6-10)
Collection 3
Speech to the Virginia Convention, by Patrick Henry Patrick Henry Speech video
from The Crisis, No. 1, by Thomas Paine
from The Autobiography: The Declaration of Independence, by Thomas Jefferson
Collection 4
Rip Van Winkle, by Washington Irving (p. 1-5) (p. 6-10) (p. 11-15) (p. 16-20) (p. 21-22)
Thanatopsis, by William Cullen Bryant
from Snowbound: A Winter Idyll, by Jon Greenleaf Whittier
The Chambered Nautilus, by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Old Ironsides, by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Collection 5from Nature, by Ralph Waldo Emerson Self Reliance, by Ralph Waldo Emerson Walden, or Life In The Woods, by Henry David Thoreaufrom Resistance to Civil Government, by Henry David Thoreau (p. 1-4) (p. 5-8)
Collection 6
The Minister's Black Veil, by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Moby Dick Part I, by Herman Melville (p. 1-5) (p. 6-9)Moby Dick Part II, by Herman Melville (p. 1-5) (p. 6-9)
Collection 9Slave Narrative of Frederick Douglass, by Frederick Douglass A Pair Of Silk Stockings, by Kate Chopin
Collection 10 Life on the Mississippi, by Mark TwainAn Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, by Ambrose Bierce (p. 1-6) (p. 7-12) A Mystery of Heroism, by Stephen Crane To Build a Fire, by Jack London
Collection 11A Wagner Matinee, by Willa Cather (p. 1-5, p. 6-10)His Father’s Earth, by Thomas Wolfe (p. 1-6, p. 6-12) Bells for John Whiteside's Daughter, by John Crowe Ransom
- - Choices for Bells for John Whiteside's Daughter.
Shine, Perishing Republic, by Robinson Jeffers- - Choices for Shine, Perishing Republic
Collection 12Winter Dreams, by F. Scott Fitzgerald (p. 1-5) (p. 6-10) (p. 11-15) (p. 16-20) (p. 21-26)The Leader of the People, by John Steinbeck (p. 1-6) (p. 7-12) (p. 13-18) The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, by James ThurberThe Worn Path, by Eudora Welty (p. 1-5) (p. 6-9)Collection 13 Richard Cory / Miniver Cheevy, by Edwin Arlington Robinson
- - Choices for Richard Cory.
Soldier's Home, by Ernest Hemingway (p. 1-5) (p. 6-9) The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock, by T. S. EliotThe Life You Save May Be Your Own (not available online)Collection 14 from Spoon River Anthology, by Edgar Lee Masters
- - Choices for from Spoon River Anthology.
Recuardo, by Edna St. Vincent MillayThe Jilting of Granny Weatherall, by Katherine Anne Porter (p. 1-6) (p. 7-12)A Rose For Emily, by William Faulkner (p. 1-6) (p. 7-12)Collection 15Go Down, Death, by James Weldon Johnson
- - Choices for Go Down, Death.
America, by Claude McKay- - Choices for America.
Tableau / Incident, by Countee Cullenfrom Dust Tracks on a Road, by Zora Neale Hurston (p. 1-5) (p. 6-9) The Weary Blues / Harlem, by Langston HughesCollection 16 The River Merchant's Wife, by Ezra Pound Poems by William Carlos Williams
Anecdote of the Jar and Disillusionment of Ten o'clock, by Wallace Stevens
Poetry, by Marianne Moore
Chicago, by Carl Sandburg
Poems by E. E. Cummings
Collection 18from Night, by Elie Wiesel (p. 1-7) (p. 8-14) The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner, by Randall JarrellA Noiseless Flash, by John Hersey (p. 1-7) (p. 8-14) For the Union Dead, by Robert LowellGame, by Donald BarthelmeSpeaking of Courage, by Tim O'Brien (p. 1-5) (p. 6-10) Monsoon Season, by Yusef KomunyakaaCollection 19The Magic Barrel, by Bernard Malamud (p. 1-8) (p. 9-16) (p. 17-22) Elegy for Jane / Night Journey, by Theodore Roethke
- - Choices for Elegy for Jane / Night Journey.
The Beautiful Changes / Boy at the Window, by Richard Wilbur Auto Wreck, by Karl Shapirofrom Black Boy, by Richard Wright (p. 1-7) (p. 8-15) Everything Stuck to Him, by Raymond Carver The Fish, by Elizabeth Bishop Remember, by Joy Harjo- - Choices for Remember.
The Girl Who Wouldn't Talk, by Maxine Hong Kingston (p. 1-6) (p. 7-11)Blue Highways, by William Least Heat-Moon (p. 1-7) (p. 8-14)Collection 20Son, by John UpdikeDaughter of Invention, by Julia Alvarez (p. 1-8) (p. 9-15) The Bells / Young, by Anne Sexton from The Way to Rainy Mountain, by N. Scott Momaday from In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens, by Alice Walkerfrom Rules of the Game, by Amy Tan (p. 1-6) (p. 7-12) What For, by Garrett Hongo
Collection 21New African, by Andrea Lee (p. 1-9) (p. 10-17) Mirror / Mushrooms, by Sylvia Plath
- - Choices for Mirror / Mushrooms.
The Lifeguard, by James Dickey Straw Into Gold, by Sandra Cisneros The Latin Deli: An Ars Poetica, by Judith Ortiz Cofer The Satisfaction Coal Company, by Rita Dove